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# Skandapurana 2.4.18

Skandapurāṇa 2.4.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.2)

jalaṃdharastu tacchutvā kopākulitavigrahaḥ ..

> Hearing that, Jalandhara, his body agitated with rage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.3)

nirjagāmā''śu daityānāṃ koṭibhiḥ parivāritaḥ .. 1 ..

> set out immediately, surrounded by millions of Daityas. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.4)

gacchato'syā'grataḥ śukro rāhurdṛṣṭipathe'bhavat ..

> As he set forth, Śukra and Rāhu came into his line of sight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.5)

mukuṭaścā'patadbhūmau vegātpraskhalitastadā .. 2..

> and slipping swiftly, his crown then fell to the ground. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.6)

daityasainyā''vṛtaistasya vimānānāṃ śataistadā ..

> Then, crowded with the Daitya army and hundreds of aerial chariots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.7)

vyarājata nabhaḥpūrṇaṃ prāvṛṣīva yathā ghanaiḥ .. .. 3 ..

> the filled sky shone like \[the heavens\] covered with clouds during the monsoon. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.8)

tasyodyogaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ ..

> Seeing his preparation then, the gods led by Śakra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.9)

alakṣitāstadā jagmuḥ śūlinaṃ taṃ vyajijñapuḥ .. 4 ..

> went unseen and informed the Bearer of the Trident: (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.10)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

> The gods said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.11)

na jānāsi kathaṃ svāmindevāpattimimāṃ vibho ..

> Lord, all-pervading one, how do you not know of this calamity that has befallen the gods?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.12)

tadasmadrakṣaṇārthāya jahi sāgaranaṃdanam .. 5 ..

> Therefore, for the sake of our protection, slay the son of the ocean! (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.13)

.. nārada uvāca ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.14)

iti devavacaḥ śrutvā prahasya vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ..

> Hearing this speech of the gods, the Bull-bannered \[Śiva\] laughed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.15)

mahāviṣṇuṃ samāhūya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt.. 6 ..

> and having summoned Mahāviṣṇu, he spoke these words: (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.16)

.. īśvara uvāca ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.17)

jalaṃdharaḥ kathaṃ viṣṇo na hataḥ saṃgare tvayā ..

> Viṣṇu, why was Jalandhara not slain by you in battle?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.18)

tadgṛhaṃ cā'pi yāto'si tyaktvā vaikuṃṭhamātmanaḥ .. 7 ..

> And you have even gone to his house, leaving your own Vaikuṇṭha! (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.19)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

> Viṣṇu said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.20)

tavāṃśasaṃbhavatvācca bhrātṛtvācca tathā śriyaḥ ..

> Because he arose as a portion of you, and because he is the brother of Śrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.21)

na mayā nihataḥ saṃkhye tvamenaṃ jahi dānavam .. 8 ..

> he was not slain by me in the fight. You slay this Dānava! (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.22)

.. īśvara uvāca ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.23)

nāyamebhirmahātejāḥ śastrāstrairvadhyate mayā ..

> This immensely fiery one cannot be slain by me with these \[ordinary\] weapons and missiles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.24)

devaiḥ saha svatejoṃśaṃ śastrārthaṃ dīyatāṃ mama .. 9 ..

> Along with the gods, give me a portion of your own splendour for a weapon. (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.25)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.26)

atha viṣṇumukhā devāḥ svatejāṃsi dadustadā ..

> Then the gods headed by Viṣṇu yielded their own splendours.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.27)

tānyaikyamāgatānīśo dṛṣṭvā svaṃ cāmucanmahaḥ .. 2.4.18.10 ..

> Seeing them unite together, the Lord also released his own lustre. (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.28)

tenākaronmahādevo mahasā śastramuttamam ..

> From that lustre, Mahādeva forged an supreme weapon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.29)

cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇam .. 11 ..

> the discus named Sudarśana, terrifying with garlands of flames. (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.30)

tataḥ śeṣeṇa ca tadā vajraṃ ca kṛtavānhariḥ ..

> Then with what remained, Hari made a thunderbolt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.31)

tāvajjalaṃdharo dṛṣṭaḥ kailāsatalabhūmiṣu .. 12 ..

> Meanwhile, Jalandhara was seen upon the grounds of Kailāsa, (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.32)

hastyaśvarathapattīnāṃ koṭibhiḥ parivāritaḥ ..

> surrounded by millions of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.33)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣitā jagmurdevāḥ sarve yathāgatāḥ ..13..

> Having seen him, all the gods who had been noticed departed just as they had come. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.34)

gaṇāśca samasajjaṃta yuddhāyā'titvarānvitāḥ ..

> The Gaṇas equipped themselves for battle in extreme haste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.35)

nandībhavaktrasenānīmukhāḥ sarve śivājñayā .. 14 ..

> all headed by Nandin, the Elephant-faced one, and the General of the Armies, by Śiva's command. (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.36)

avaterurgaṇā vegātkailāsādyuddhadurmadāḥ ..

> Frenzied for battle, the Gaṇas swiftly descended from Kailāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.37)

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ kailāsopatyakābhuvi .. 15 ..

> Then a battle broke out in the valley grounds of Kailāsa (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.38)

pramathādhipadaityānāṃ ghoraśastrāstrasaṃkulam ..

> between the Pramatha lords and the Daityas, dense with terrible weapons and missiles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.39)

bherīmṛdaṃgaśaṃkhaugha niḥsvanairvīraharṣaṇaiḥ .. 16 ..

> accompanied by the sounds of hosts of kettle-drums, mṛdaṅgas, and conches that delighted heroes. (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.40)

gajāśvarathaśabdaiśca nāditā bhūrvyakaṃpata ..

> Echoing with the noise of elephants, horses, and chariots, the earth trembled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.41)

śaktitomarabāṇaughamusalaprāsapaṭṭiśaiḥ ..17..

> Filled with javelins, iron clubs, volleys of arrows, maces, spears, and scythes, (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.42)

vyarājata nabhaḥ pūrṇamulkābhiriva saṃvṛtam ..

> the sky shone as if completely covered by meteors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.43)

nihatairathanāgāśvapattibhirbhūrvyarājata .. 18 ..

> With the slain chariots, elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers, the ground appeared (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.44)

vajrāhatācalaśiraḥśakalairiva saṃvṛtā ..

> as though strewn with fragments of mountain peaks struck down by the thunderbolt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.45)

pramathāhatadaityaughairdaityāhatagaṇaistathā .. 19 ..

> With the hosts of Daityas slain by the Pramathas, and the Gaṇas slain by the Daityas, (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.46)

vasāsṛṅmāṃsapaṃkāḍhyā bhūragamyā'bhavattadā ..

> the ground, thick with mud of fat, blood, and flesh, then became impassable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.47)

pramathāhatadaityaughānbhārgavaḥ samajīvayat ..2.4.18.20..

> Bhārgava revived the hosts of Daityas slain by the Pramathas, (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.48)

yuddhe punaḥ punastatra mṛtasaṃjīvinībalāt ..

> again and again there in the battle, by the power of the Mṛtasaṃjīvinī \[spell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.49)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vyākulībhūtā gaṇāḥ sarve bhayānvitāḥ ..

> Seeing that, all the Gaṇas, thrown into confusion and filled with fear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.50)

śaśaṃsurdevadevāya tatsarvaṃ śukraceṣṭitam .. 21 ..

> reported all that deed of Śukra to the God of gods. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.51)

atha rudramukhātkṛtyā babhūvā'tīvabhīṣaṇā ..

> Then from the mouth of Rudra arose an exceedingly terrifying female spirit (Kṛtyā),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.52)

tālajaṃghā darīvaktrā stanāpīḍitabhūruhā ..22..

> with shanks like palm trees, a cavernous mouth, and breasts that crushed down trees. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.53)

sā yuddhabhūmimāsādya bhakṣayaṃtī mahāsurān ..

> Reaching the battlefield, devouring the great asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.54)

bhārgavaṃ svabhage dhṛtvā jagāmāṃtarhitā nabhaḥ ..23..

> and holding Bhārgava in her vulva, she disappeared into the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.55)

vidhṛtaṃ bhārgavaṃ dṛṣṭvā daityasainyaṃ gaṇāstadā ..

> Seeing Bhārgava held captive, the gaṇas then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.56)

amlānavadanā harṣānnijaghnuryuddhadurmadāḥ .. 24 ..

> their faces unwithering, struck down the daitya army with joy, furious in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.57)

athābhajyata daityānāṃ senā gaṇabhayārditā ..

> Then the army of the daityas broke, afflicted with fear of the gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.58)

vāyuvegenāhateva prakīrṇā tṛṇasaṃtatiḥ ..

> scattered like a mass of grass struck by the force of the wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.59)

bhagnāṃ gaṇabhayātsenāṃ dṛṣṭvāmarṣayutā yayuḥ ..

> Seeing the army broken through fear of the gaṇas, filled with wrath,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.60)

niśuṃbhaśuṃbhau senānyau kālanemiśca vīryavān ..26 ..

> the two generals Niśumbha and Śumbha, and the valiant Kālanemi, advanced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.61)

trayaste vārayāmāsurgaṇasenāṃ mahābalāḥ ..

> Those three of great strength checked the army of gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.62)

muñcataḥ śaravarṣāṇi prāvṛṣīva balāhakāḥ .. 27 ..

> releasing showers of arrows like clouds in the rainy season.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.63)

tato daityaśaraughāste śalabhānāmiva vrajāḥ ..

> Then those floods of the daityas' arrows, like swarms of locusts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.64)

rurudhuḥ khaṃ diśaḥ sarvā gaṇasenāmakaṃpayan .. 28 ..

> blocked the sky and all the directions, making the army of gaṇas tremble.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.65)

gaṇāḥ śaraśatairbhinnā rudhirāsāravarṣiṇaḥ ..

> The gaṇas, pierced by hundreds of arrows, raining down torrents of blood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.66)

vasaṃte kiṃśukābhāsā na prājñāyata kiṃcana .. .. 29 ..

> resembled kiṃśuka trees in spring; nothing at all could be discerned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.67)

patitāḥ pātyamānāśca bhinnāśchinnāstadā gaṇāḥ ..

> Fallen and being felled, pierced and severed, the gaṇas then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.68)

tyaktvā saṃgrāmabhūmiṃ te sarvepi vimukhā'bhavan .. 2.4.18.30 ..

> abandoned the field of battle and all turned their backs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.69)

tataḥ prabhagnaṃ svabalaṃ vilokya śailādilaṃbodarakārtikeyāḥ ..

> Then, seeing their own force broken, Śailādi, Lambodara, and Kārtikeya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.70)

tvarānvitā daityavarānprasahya nivārayāmāsuramarṣiṇaste .. 31 ..

> filled with haste, being wrathful, forcibly held back the foremost daityas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.4.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.18.71)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharopākhyāne rudrasenāparābhavonāmā'ṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 18 ..

> Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, named 'The Defeat of Rudra's Army,' in the story of Jalandhara, in the Kārtikamāsamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.18.1) — English, machine translation

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